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LET HIM BE OKAY

SHE sits in hospital day after day, hoping and praying her baby boy will makes a full recovery. Becoming a mom again is something Timika Thomas had wanted for years, and her prayers were finally answered in July.

But now her baby, who was born prematurely at 25 weeks, is fighting for his life in hospital. “It’s a lot to process. It’s like I’m on autopilot,” Timika tells YOU from her son’s hospital bed in Utah in the US.

Her journey to welcoming baby Truu has been a long and complicated one, marred by legal challenges and heartbreaking losses.

In 2019 Timika (38) underwent in

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